Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Greenwillow Books is the children's imprint Susan Hirschman founded at William Morrow in 1974, publisher of Kevin Henkes and Amelia Bedelia and part of HarperCollins since 1999.
- Editions tracked
- 92
- First editions
- 75
- Books
- 91
- Years
- 1975 to 2019
Greenwillow Books is a publisher active from 1975. We track 92 editions it published between 1975 and 2019, 75 of them first editions across 91 books. How Greenwillow Books marked its first editions is set out below, with a checker for the year on your title page.
About Greenwillow Books
Greenwillow Books is an American children's book imprint founded in 1974 by the editor Susan Hirschman at William Morrow, and part of HarperCollins since 1999.
Hirschman left Macmillan in protest after mass redundancies cut her staff and list, and Morrow offered her an imprint of her own. She brought managing editor Ada Shearon and art director Ava Weiss, with senior editor Elizabeth Schub joining soon after. The name joins the "Will" of William Morrow with Elizabeth Coatsworth's book Under the Green Willow.
Greenwillow's authors and illustrators have included Kevin Henkes, Arnold and Anita Lobel, Sid Fleischman, Donald Crews, Ann Jonas, Robin McKinley, Jack Prelutsky and Peggy Parish, whose Amelia Bedelia books it published. It also published Diana Wynne Jones's Howl's Moving Castle. Henkes won the Caldecott Medal for Kitten's First Full Moon, and Lynne Rae Perkins won the Newbery Medal for Criss Cross.
HarperCollins took over the imprint in 1999 when it bought William Morrow. Hirschman retired in 2001 and was succeeded by Virginia Duncan, who was still leading Greenwillow as vice president and publisher in 2025.
Holding a copy? The first edition checker shows Greenwillow Books's practice for the year on your title page.
Identification
How to identify Greenwillow Books first editions
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Frequently asked questions
How do I identify a Greenwillow Books first edition?
How many Greenwillow Books books does MyVolumes track?
We track 92 editions published by Greenwillow Books, 75 of them first editions, across 91 books.
Where these facts come from
- Greenwillow Books Celebrates 50 Years, Publishers Weekly, 2025 (publishersweekly.com)
- Hirschman to Retire, Publishers Weekly, 2001 (publishersweekly.com)
- Susan Hirschman, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- First-Edition - Identification by Publisher, ILAB, 2010 (ilab.org)
Every fact on this page was checked against the sources listed. Checked 17 October 2026. Reviewed by Harriet Ellis; read how we check facts.